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Backport from version to be used in UI; clarify which combinations of
inputs are not supported in the Marxan Cloud platform.
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hotzevzl committed Jun 28, 2022
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## Functionality available depending on data supplied by the user

- a+b (planning unit grid and input db)
### When uploading planning unit grid and input db (a+b)

In this use case, for example, users may be transitioning a legacy project to
the Marxan MaPP platform, rather than making it available as an historical
archive.
This may be the case when users are transitioning a legacy project to the Marxan
MaPP platform (rather than making it available as an historical archive, for
example).

Users will not be able to add, remove or combine (split/stratification)
features; the exact spatial distribution of features will not be available for
display; planning unit lock status will be set from input `pu.dat` but without
first adding spatial data for protected areas, users won't be able to rely on
protected areas to set the default lock status of planning units.
The following limitations will apply:

- a+b+c (planning unit grid, input db and output db)
- users will not be able to add, remove or combine (split/stratification)
features;
- the exact spatial distribution of features will not be available for display;
- planning unit lock status will be set from input `pu.dat`, but without first
adding spatial data for protected areas, users won't be able to rely on
protected areas to set the default lock status of planning units.

In this use, for example, users may intend to upload a historical project to be
shared in its archived state.
### When uploading planning unit grid, input db and output db (a+b+c)

Identical limitations to what was described in the previous use case will apply
(in case users wish to continue working on the project within the Marxan MaPP
platform); output data may be locked (i.e. running Marxan will be disallowed)
if the user wishes to preserve a historical record of solutions calculated
outside of the Marxan MaPP platform.
This may be the case when users intend to upload a historical project to be
shared in its archived state.

- identical limitations to what was described in the previous use case will
apply (in case users wish to continue working on the project within the Marxan
MaPP platform);
- output data may be locked (i.e. running Marxan will be disallowed) if the user
wishes to preserve a historical record of solutions calculated outside of the
Marxan MaPP platform.

- a+b+c+d+e (planning unit grid, input db, output db and feature data)
## When uploading planning unit grid, input db, output db and feature data (a+b+c+d+e)

In this use case, for example, users may intend to transition to using Marxan
MaPP for an existing project for which extensive source data is available; they
may wish to showcase an historical record of the project as created outside of
Marxan MaPP (by keeping the original output solutions intact), while working on
a copy of the original project as a new scenario or set of scenarios, adding any
further spatial data directly within the Marxan MaPP platform.
This may be the case when users intend to transition to using Marxan MaPP for an
existing project for which extensive source data is available; they may wish to
showcase an historical record of the project as created outside of Marxan MaPP
(by keeping the original output solutions intact), while working on a copy of
the original project as a new scenario or set of scenarios, adding any further
spatial data directly within the Marxan MaPP platform.

With the data supplied at project import stage, some limitations will still
apply (for example, default lock status from protected areas, until a protected
area shapefile is uploaded in a cloned scenario) but the imported legacy project
will largely be functional like a native Marxan MaPP project.

- a+c (planning unit grid and output db)
### When uploading planning unit grid and output db (a+c)

**This combination is _not_ supported in the current version of the MarxanCloud
platform. Input files are _always_ required.**
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The project's solutions will be available as an archived historical artifact for
reference.

- a+c+d+e (planning unit grid, output db, all feature data and cost surface
data)
### When importing planning unit grid, output db, all feature data and cost surface data (a+c+d+e)

**This combination is _not_ supported in the current version of the MarxanCloud
platform. Input files are _always_ required.**
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